Profiteroles

Name: Profiteroles
Yield: 4 to 6 portions
Ingredients: 4 tablespoons (½ stick) unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing the cookie sheet; 1 tablespoon sugar; ⅔ cup water; ½ teaspoon salt; 4 eggs, at room temperature; 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour, sifted; Approximately 1 pint vanilla or coffee ice cream; 1 cup heavy cream, chilled; Chocolate Fudge Sauce; Approximately 1 pint vanilla or coffee ice cream

Preparation info

4 to 6
portions

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Silver Palate Cookbook

By Julee Rosso and Sheila Lukins

Published 1982

About

Ingredients

4 tablespoons (½ stick) unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing the cookie sheet
⅔ cup

Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 450°F. Grease a cookie sheet.
In a heavy saucepan, combine the water, butter, sugar, and salt. Bring to a boil. Remove from the heat and add the flour all at once. Stir hard until the mixture forms a ball in the middle of the saucep